Additional interior heater: device, connection

In Russia, cars are purchased by different people - different in status or average income. The offered cars are different in comfort and equipment. But the Russian winter is one for all. And often motorists in the cold season can be pretty cold in a cozy car salon. Even the included standard stove does not always cope with the creation of a comfortable temperature. Solve this problem will help the additional interior heater.

What are the tasks?

Not every car is stored in a closed and heated garage. More often the car just stands either in the open parking lot, or in the yard of the owner. It's no secret that the metal body quickly cools. The glass inside is covered with a condensate, which then turns into an ice cake. All the details of the cabin in the car, which stood outside for at least a couple of hours, including the seats, acquire a temperature that is fixed and overboard.

In the morning, the owners try to create a comfortable temperature in the cabin. However, one heater after a night parking is obviously not enough for this. Even if you start on a cold car, you will need more than one hour until the cabin becomes warm.

If from the very beginning to take all the heat under the heating of the air in the cabin, then to warm up the engine, the heat simply does not suffice, which means that the interior can not normally and quickly warm up. In this situation, only an additional stove will help.

When the driver is freezing, there can be no question of any effective control of the car. It is proved: when a person is freezing, he experiences severe stress and can lose control and attention. That's why additional heating devices are needed.

Types of additional heating

Today for motorists several types of this equipment are offered. All these options differ in the type of installation, the amount of energy required, the device and the cost.

The most widespread devices are liquid and air type. Also heaters are divided into autonomous systems and powered by an engine or electricity.

Additional electric heater of salon of the car

This is probably the simplest group among all such devices. Connect these devices to the cigarette lighter socket, and install this element more often on the front panel. For an affordable price like these units young drivers. The more experienced try to use these devices in rare cases - as a hair dryer for warming up the glasses.

Among the advantages can be identified affordable for all the cost and ease of installation. For installation, you do not need to hire specialists. This equipment is powered by either a battery or a generator. The device can be used immediately after switching on. A discreet form, neutral appearance and the same neutral colors will allow him to fit into any salons.

Among the shortcomings are a large number of counterfeit products on the market - a suspiciously cheap additional interior heater can be just dangerous. If you use it at full capacity, you can quickly discharge the battery - it is not recommended to use the device if the engine is not running. Also, this equipment group can adversely affect the wiring in the machine. In addition, many argue that electric heating does not have a high heat dissipation.

Electric heater arrangement

In the design there is nothing special. On the device these products resemble an ordinary hair dryer. The temperature of the heating element increases (more often this is a nichrome spiral), and by means of a fan, warm air is blown into the interior. Often have two operating modes - heating and ventilation.

Motorists are advised to purchase a powerful enough device - most of what is provided on the market, has a power of 150 watts. Many people buy such heaters, but they are not very effective. They are able to warm up in the cold or one leg, or a small section of the windshield.

To install such a car heater is best under the seats, and not to connect to the cigarette lighter, because you can burn the fuse, but directly to the battery - so reliable. However, still you do not need to buy these hair dryers.

Electric heater with ceramic heater

These devices are connected to the cigarette lighter socket. Among the advantages is simple installation, efficiency. During operation, this additional interior heater does not burn oxygen. Connect and use is very simple.

Autonomous heating

In most cases, these stoves are installed in minivans, in the salons of minibuses, residential vans or trucks. Fuel is supplied from the heater. The system has a separate independent combustion chamber and a pipe for the exhaust of exhaust gases. Installation of an additional heater of salon is possible only in подкапотное space. The device functions independently of the engine, therefore it is called autonomous.

The hearts of positive characteristics can be distinguished from the engine's heating, the possibility of adjusting their interior, the absence of unnecessary details in the interior, the readiness to work immediately after launch. And unlike hair dryers, this autonomous equipment is quite efficient, it gives off heat well and has high power.

But without minuses anywhere - installation is much more difficult in comparison with the installation of a hair dryer. If you want heat in the cabin, you have to pay a little more for gasoline - the device increases the flow. The cost of possession is higher than that of a hair dryer. Well and in addition at work this additional heater of salon of the car strongly makes noise.

As for the device, it is a metal cylinder in which there is a combustion chamber and electronics. The latter controls the process. The system is connected to the fuel pump, equipped with combined flame and temperature sensors , control unit, air blowers.

Additional radiator

Among the huge number of available devices for heating the cabin, these devices also stand out. Many drivers have tried and claim the high efficiency of this heater. This heater of the car's interior is connected to the standard cooling system together with the standard heater. Inside, hold the tubes and then fix the radiator and fan.

Among the advantages can be identified clear principle of operation, effective heating after the engine reaches operating temperatures. The equipment is available in any auto shops, and the cost is lower than on stand-alone appliances.

Such additional heater of the car interior has also disadvantages. The main disadvantage is the complexity of installation. The work depends on the engine temperature, for greater efficiency in the cooling system it is necessary to top up the working fluid.

Installation

The first thing is to remove the torpedo, the second task is to get to the stove. Then the hoses and everything else are disconnected from the main system. An additional radiator can be connected in series.

It is also necessary to install a second pump. Its task is to increase the circulation of the coolant through the contours of the stove and thereby increase the heat transfer. The pump is placed between the faucet and the radiator of the stove. The pump button should be installed on the dashboard. Also do not forget about the fuse.

Whichever additional interior heater is selected, it is necessary to prepare before installation. If the car is not sufficiently insulated, most of the heat will simply go through the cracks.